Baling-press



(No Model.)

T. H. KILLINGSWORTH.

BALING PRESS.

No. 565,081. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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PATE T THOMAS H. KILLINGSXVORTH, OF ACO, TEXA BALING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,081, dated August4, 1896.

Application filed October 21, 1895.

To all? whom it iim concern..-

' Be it known that I, Tnonas If. KILLING-S- 'WORTH, of lVaco, in thecounty of Mcliennan and State of Texas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in. Baling-Presses, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to presses for baling cotton,and the object is to provide a simple and easily-operated device inwhich the cotton bat is wound into a cylindrical form without the use ofa metal or similar core.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangementofparts, as will be herein after speciiied,and partieularl y pointed outin the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a press embodyin g my invention. Fig.2 is an elevation with a portion broken away to better illustrate otherparts; and Fig. is a view similar to Fig.1,hut showing the parts in adiiferent position.

The press comprises side frames, each consisting of two sections A A,suitably hinged together, so that one section may swing or be moved awayfrom the other part, for a purpose as will hereinafter appear. As hereshown the section A is hinged to the stationary section A at the lowerend of the section A. For the purpose of securing the parts or sectionstogether latches or hooks a may be employed.

B is a drum rotarily mounted in the stationary portion A of the frame.

B is a roller mounted in the frame and having its axis outside thevertical line of the drums axis.

13' is a pressure-roller mounted in the frame and having its axis insidethe vertical line of the druins axis, and B is a tension-roller hereshown as having its axis in a vertical line with the roller B".

A drum 0 is mounted in the frame-sections A, opposite the drum B androllers G G 0 similar to the rollers B B B are mounted in the swingingsection of the frame.

The prcssure-rollers B C have their j our- Serial No. 56 6,368. (Nomodel.)

nal-bearin gs in boxes movable in vertical slots or guideways h 0,formed in the respective frame-sections A A, and the tension-rollers Chave their journal-bearings in boxes movable in slots or guidewa-ys b c,formedin the respective sections A A. The shafts of the drums B C havegear-Wheels b c mounted on them, and these gear-wheels mesh with apinion h, on the shaft of which is a bandwheel A belt B extends aroundthe upper side of the drum 13, around the under side of the rollers B Band around the upper side of the roller B, and a similar band C has asimilar connection with the parts 0, G G and C.

It will be seen that the rollers B C are nearer together than are thedrums, so that the adjacent portions of the belts are inclined downwardand inward at the part where the cotton is fed and rolled.

As in the process of baling there is a great pressure on thebaling-belts, I provide them with supporting-bands. As here shown thesesupporting-bands consist of a series of cables or ropes 1), extendedaround the respective drums and rollers of the sets, and preferably thedrums and rollers are provided with annular grooves or channels (Z toreceive the bands, so that the belts may lie closely against the drumsand rollers, as indicated in the drawings.

The operation is as follows: The bat is fed between the moving belts,asindicated in Fig. 1, and as these belts move in opposite directions thebat will be compactly rolled, and as the roll increases in size therollers 13* C will move downward to provide sufficient clearance, andthe tension-rollers will move upward, maintaining the belts at an evenpressure. After the bale shall have reached the desired. size, theframe-section A maybe swung outward, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 3, and the bale removed or allowed to fall to the bottom of theframe.

It will be seen that when the compressionis accomplished in the mannerdescribed each layer is compressed as it is added, thus adding to thepressure on the interior of the bale.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A press for baling cotton comprising a frame,rotary drums mounted in said frame, opposite pressure-rollers havingbearings in boxes movable in vertical guideways in the frame,tension-rollers having bearings in boxes movable vertically in theframe, the rollers having journal-bearings in the frame outside thevertical line of the drum-axes, the endless belts and means for rotatingthe drums in opposite directions, substantially as specifiecl.

2. A baling-press, comprising two endless belts, rotary drums,pressure-rollers and tension-rollers carrying the belts, andsupp0rting-bands for the belts extending around all

